Our new home

   I am excited to share some pictures of our new apartment. You'll have to excuse any mess. It has been a busy week!

When you walk in the front door you first see the kitchen which leads into the dining room. We finally have a full size oven and a dishwasher! Plus we get a dedicated space for our dining table. That I love!

On the other side of the kitchen and dining room is the living room. One part you have seen, the reading nook. I love this space too. So much room to spread out. We have room to have company over too. If you look close you can see that there is a ledge that runs under the window. Oliver loves to sit there and watch the world go by.

This is the other new table lamp that we bought the other day. 

And the last bit of the living room:

We finally have a spot for the ladder bookshelf that my dad made for me. So glad to have it here!

Down the hall is the bathroom and bedrooms. 

This is bathroom one of two. The other looks just the same, but is in the master bedroom.

Try to look past the clutter here. This is the spare room. It is kinda our dumping ground/storage space for all the stuff we don't know what to do with at the moment. Andrew works in here when he works from home as well. It's nice to have a space for that.

Last but not least is our master bedroom. Nothing fancy here, but room enough for our bed and a couple dressers. We also have a small walk-in closet which has been great!

Thanks for coming on a tour with me! Come and visit sometime. My door is always open!

I'm back!

Hello all my bloggy friends! I've missed seeing you. Life has been busy, what with moving to a new apartment and all. We are mostly settled in. There are still some boxes and things in the spare room, but all the essentials are in place. I'll give you a tour in a day or two, but let me show you one of my favorite spots. 

This is our reading nook. We got the two recliners from my parents when they redid their living room. They are perfect for that spot! I also have to point out the lamp. That is a new addition. We have poor lighting in the living room, so we had to go out and get a couple of lamps. I loved the blue color!

Oliver has settled in. He had a hard time adjusting to the noise of people walking around above us. Having the stairs right on the other side of our kitchen/dining room wall was difficult too. Poor boy did hide a lot the first few days, but i think he is happy here, now. 

I'll get some pictures taken here and see you all back here in the next day or two for the grand tour!

What a steal!

As you know, I work at Michael's. I love it. It is a great work environment and I work with a lot of great people. Getting a discount on purchases is just a bonus!

 Yesterday and today we had some really awesome sales. 

I have had my eye on this since I started at Michael's. It was on sale 70% off! Between that and my discount I was able to purchase it for $7.78! With a normal price of $34.99, I'd say I got an amazing deal!

I haven't decided, yet, what I am going to put in it. Any ideas?

I have to apologize!

Time has gotten out of control. It is already October and we are moving a week from Saturday. We have started the packing process, which is going better than I expected. Between that and my schedule at work getting crazy, which happens when it is October and you work at a craft store (hello holidays!), I have let my poor little blog go. I will probably be a little off and on the next few weeks as we get packed and moved and settled, but I will try to keep up!

It has gotten cooler here. The weather is more fall-like. We have had to pull out a blanket for our bed. The other night we were enjoying a movie in bed and Oliver decided to join us.

Isn't he handsome?

Too Busy!

 Wow. Life has been crazy busy lately. I keep hoping that it will quiet down, but it just keeps going.

Andrew and I are starting to plan for our move next month. Even though we have a small apartment right now, we have a lot of stuff that will need to be packed, and that takes a bit of planning. As I have never moved an entire household before, I was a bit overwhelmed at the thought. But, once we put pen to paper and figured out what all we need to pack I realized that it is doable. It will be a lot of work in a short amount of time, but it is doable.

Which all made me think that maybe I need to clean out my closet. I'm not the only one, right? You all know how it is: you have pants and jeans and shirts that are all too small, but you keep them with the plan of loosing weight and being able to fit into them. But, that doesn't seem to ever happen and they just take up space. I'm thinking, with an impending move, maybe now is the time to start cleaning and getting rid of all those clothes that either don't fit or I just don't wear. No sense taking up the space to move them.

Anyway, I am off to do laundry today. Have a great day!

Good Eye!

I hope you all had a good Labor day. Andrew and I had a relaxing morning before I went to work at 4:30. 

The other day Oliver was going crazy, trying to get something behind the blinds on one of the living room windows. I kept telling him that nothing was there but he kept trying to get it. Finally, in an effort to make him stop I pulled the blinds up. 

Boy was I proved wrong!

This praying mantis was just hanging out on the outside of the window. 

Oliver was very interested in him, but he did not seem to care that Oliver was there. 

All's Quiet

Things have been fairly quiet out my way lately. Not much going on, but there are a few things rolling around my mind. Let's wander through them.

I have to take Oliver to the vet today. He needs some of his shots and he has an ear that is bothering him again. This happened once before and we had to put drops in it for a week or two. He didn't appreciate the drops, but his ear stopped bothering him! Anyway, trips to the vet are not always a pleasant experience for him. Hopefully it isn't too bad!

Our current lease is done the end of October. We have been on a waiting list for our next apartment since July. They have called us a couple times with available apartments that we had to say no to because it would have been way to early. But....they finally had one that we could take! We get to move sometime mid October to a bigger place. It is first floor, 2 bed, 2 full bath. Laundry is on every floor, so we don't have to lug that full basket around anymore. Plus is has a dishwasher, so I don't have to wash everything by hand anymore! I'll be sad to leave our first little apartment, but so glad to move somewhere closer to my job and that is quieter and not so full of college students. I think it will be a great place for us.

I've been thinking of trying something new. Have you heard of string art? You put the nails into wood and wrap the string around the nails. It comes out looking like this:

Isn't that cool? I just have to find the wood. I'd like to find some old barn wood or some that just looks old. 

I've also started my new job at Michaels and am loving it. I have already been able to get a better grasp of where products are and what we have or don't have. I think I am really going to like working there.

Thanks for roaming around my wandering mind with me. Have a great day!